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Figure 28. A cabinet of drawers designed for use in microtechnic classes at 

 the University of California at Los Angeles. The cabinets are not a 

 part of the working table, but are arranged along a wall of the class- 

 room. The drawers are designed to hold coplin jars, rnountant jars, 

 and similar items. The student can carry the drawer to the work 

 table, turn it around with back-side facing forward, remove the back 

 panel, and carry on the staining right in the drawer. This relieves 

 work table of staining equipment ivhen the space is required for 

 other purposes, and the student caji carry all the staining jars in one 

 "basket" rather than trot back and forth several times with only as 

 many jars as his hands luill hold. If locking the drawers is unneces- 

 sary, the front panel can be removable; this eliminates having to 

 turn the drawer around. Locking a removable front panel has been 

 found impractical. Draiuers may be left out of the upper compart- 

 ment, or upper two compartmerits, to irtake convenient storage 

 nooks for student books, lunches, siueaters, etc. These cabinets are 

 custom made. Standard cabinets can be adapted to this purpose, but 

 do not have a removable panel. [Kewanee Manufacturing Company, 

 Adrian, Michigan (Technical Furniture Inc., Statesville, North 

 Carolina), Unit ^P3, drawers: inside dimensions, 20i%g" length, 

 51/^'' height and 12i/^'' wide.] 



